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    Isabel Berwick

    Editor, Work & Careers

    Isabel Berwick is Work & Careers editor, overseeing a department that covers management, leadership, working life, graduate careers - and the huge issue of the future of work. She is the host of the FT's Working It podcast and co-writes the weekly Working It newsletter. She is editorial co-lead on the 50/50 Equality Project, which works towards more representation of diverse voices in the FT, and is editorial lead for the FT Women in Business Forum.

    Isabel joined the FT in 1999 from the Independent on Sunday, where she was business editor. She held several senior editing roles on FT Weekend and the Opinion desk before taking up her current post in 2018.

    Email Isabel Berwick @IsabelBerwick  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
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      Examining the pros and cons of pay transparency

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
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      Midwinter, deep in the Scottish Highlands and no wetsuits in sight — Isabel Berwick takes the plunge

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      ReviewBusiness books
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      From nurturing curious minds to a more philosophical approach to career development

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Working It
      Job cuts reveal an unconventional shift in worker power

      Companies hoping to retain staff need to build an environment of mutual trust

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Working It podcast16 min listen
      Best of: Friendship in the workplace — it’s lonely at the top

      What do friends bring to the workplace?

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
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      The perils of oversharing your job online

      ‘Day in the life’ videos can inspire job seekers and promote diversity, but can easily stray into unrealistic portrayals

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
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      Digital tools leave little room for emotion and nuance but new apps and best practices are emerging

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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      Working It | For our final instalment of career inspiration for women, host Isabel Berwick shares her favourite conversations

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
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      How AI is combatting burnout

      Tech start-ups are building artificial intelligence-powered tools for employee wellbeing

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
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      Is maternity leave still a career killer?

      There is enduring stigma around motherhood in the workplace

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
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      A riveting account of how secretaries were left behind in the fight for equality in the workplace

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      What’s the best way to survive messing up at your job?

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      Employees want custom schedules, compensation and development more than ever before

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      Employees focused on skills development and career advancement are assets, not flight risks

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      New tools such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion could disrupt creative and knowledge industries

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    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
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      Four UK companies trialled a shorter working week. Will they keep to it?

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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      Put an end to unproductive meetings in 2023

      Send emails or videos instead of meeting invites — and improve your remaining meetings by following an agenda

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